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Is Rio del Mar in a fire hazard severity zone?
29.0% of Rio del Mar is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 7.4% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Rio del Mar ranks 927 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 0.22 sq mi High, 0.65 sq mi Moderate, out of 3.02 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 7.4% is 63.8 points below the 71.2% of Santa Cruz County. The median home value of $1,242,600 is 22% above the county median of $1,015,200. Among 30 places in the county it ranks 20 for exposure; Lompico ranks first at 100.0%. The state has not evaluated Rio del Mar for liquefaction or landslides, so the absence of a seismic hazard zone proves nothing.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Santa Cruz County overall, 8.9% of the land is Very High.
No fire perimeter since 1950 touches Rio del Mar in the state record. Small fires are often missing from it.
Nearby places compared
- Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, 2.5 mi east: 95.1% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $980,800
- La Selva Beach, 2.5 mi southeast: 60.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,195,100
- Seacliff, 2.7 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,085,900
- Aptos, 3.0 mi north: 59.2% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,098,200
- Freedom, 4.1 mi east: 42.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $664,200
- Capitola, 4.8 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $746,000
- Amesti, 5.0 mi east: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $825,100
- Soquel, 5.1 mi northwest: 33.8% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $908,500
- Day Valley, 5.2 mi north: 69.6% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,187,200
- Pleasure Point, 5.5 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $1,230,200
- Corralitos, 5.5 mi northeast: 51.5% High or Very High, 1 fire, median home $1,603,800
- Live Oak, 6.3 mi northwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $975,900